Word · Frequency #19149
thereabouts
那时前后；大约在那时
核心释义
用于指时间或日期附近。
near that time or date
- 1.
与“thereabout”同义。
Synonym of thereabout:
在那附近；附近；与“thereabout”同义。；在那附近；大约；上下
用法In use
The meeting starts at 10 o'clock or thereabouts.
用法提示：thereabouts 作副词，与 or 连用，表示时间大约在十点左右。
They live in the village or somewhere thereabouts.
用法提示：thereabouts 作副词，表示地点在那附近。
He earns fifty thousand dollars a year or thereabouts.
用法提示：thereabouts 作副词，表示数量大约上下。
[time/amount/place] or thereabouts
or thereabouts 接在时间、数量或地点后，表示大约或附近；如 in London or thereabouts 表示“在伦敦附近”。
The meeting starts at nine or thereabouts.
会议九点左右开始。
there or thereabouts
固定口语表达，常用逗号与主句隔开，用来粗略估计数量、时间或程度。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- or thereabouts
- 大约；左右
- The job pays £40,000 a year or thereabouts.这份工作的年薪在四万英镑左右。
- there or thereabouts
- 差不多；大致
- The journey takes two hours, there or thereabouts.这段路程大约需要两个小时。
- somewhere thereabouts
- 在那附近的某个地方
- She lives in York or somewhere thereabouts.她住在约克或者那附近的地方。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- or thereabouts
- 大约；左右；前后The interview lasted an hour or thereabouts.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把它拆成 there（那里）+ about（大约）+ s，记住“大约就在那里附近”，时间、数量也能说“大约在那前后”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：正式书面语、日常口语 thereabouts 单独出现时多用于较正式或书面表达，表示“在那附近”或“在那前后”；固定搭配 there or thereabouts 则在口语中也较常见，表示“差不多、左右”。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All these words share the written ending '-outs' and the spoken /aʊts/. Hereabouts and whereabouts are the closest to thereabouts, with the same '-abouts' ending and /baʊts/ sound. Beware that 'routes' often sounds like 'roots' (/ruːts/), despite its spelling.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.